Subject: Re: bug#17530: 24.4.50; `package-load-list': incorrect defcustom type

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:39:27 +0200

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> > So pretty much anyone installing packages
>
> No, anyone who wants to _load_ packages.  You would
> specify/configure which packages to load, yes.  Is
> that outlandish or too restrictive?

It's too restrictive, yes.  You have already specified that you want
to use them by installing them.

>> would have to customize it to `(all)' in order to
>> get their packages working.  That sounds like a
>> worse default.
>
> Not to me, it doesn't.  Just because you've installed
> some packages doesn't mean you want them to all to be
> loaded.

In this use case you would customize `package-initialize' to only load
what you're interested in.

> Why would we assume that, by default, users should
> load the latest installed versions of all installed
> packages?

Because that's what most users would expect, I think.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas